The other day I was visiting with a pastor of a brand new Global Methodist church. For nearly a year, the church had been focused on disaffiliating and was now refocusing on ministry. It all of a sudden occurred to the pastor, “Do Global Methodists pay apportionments?” That’s what I look into this post.
So…I almost learned a lesson about being too cheap. At Annual Conference, I almost ended up paying way more because I was trying to be cheap. Almost. Instead, I ended up with a pretty good story.
This week was my 15th and final Annual Conference as conference treasurer for the Dakotas UMC. There were a lot of great moments, but one of the best was when my good friends and co-workers shared a tribute called “Ode to Jeff.” I embedded the video in the post.
This week our brand new clergy in the Dakotas UMC will be learning about Accountable Reimbursements! If you’re jealous, here’s your chance to experience what they are going through.
If you’re an experienced pastor that needs a refresher, this will be worth the time. This would also be good for a lay person in church finances to understand how your work affects your pastor.
This week our brand new clergy in the Dakotas UMC will be learning about Clergy Taxes! If you’re jealous, here’s your chance to experience what they are going through.
If you’re an experienced pastor that needs a refresher, this will be worth the time. This would also be good for a lay person in church finances to understand how your work affects your pastor.
Have you ever been tasked with trying to explain apportionments to someone else? Where do they come from? How much are they? What good do they do? I hope to cover this concisely with this post and related video.
Last month, the United Methodist denomination was encouraging churches to end chartering agreements and move to facility-use agreements. This has caused the Boy Scouts to reconsider their chartering agreements. This post will share what that means to churches with Scouts.